trooping

present participle of troop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trooping
Verb
  • The Knights found their stride after the interception, marching down the field for 44 yards and relying on their ground game, with Watson, Landen Chambers, and Jenkins sharing the load.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Rutgers, with just a single yard of total offense to that point, woke up, marching 75 yards in response.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The monumental Lady in Blue depicts a young Black woman striding forward with purpose in a blue dress and heels, her gaze directed ahead of her.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Likewise, in January, Disney's former chief executive Bob Iger hinted at the park's location in an Instagram post of him striding along the beach on Yas Island.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940.
    — Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
  • That’s when the party moves beyond the clubhouse, parading down the Canyon of Heroes and throughout the heart and soul of New York City.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The walking path leads past the animals to the property’s three cabins, giving larger groups the option to stay close while still having their own space.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some of my earliest memories are walking down the aerobridge with mum and getting to visit the flight deck.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Videos also show survivors jumping from a rocky island and swimming to Coast Guard rescue swimmers treading rough seas.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This may be a one-off experiment, even if Netflix is treading into bold new territory.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.
    — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That would back our feeling that the AI pacing debate won't slow things down on the buildout side.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
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“Trooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trooping. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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